Sony VS Hackers (Pirates)

Sony to Get PS3 Hacker’s PayPal Records

A federal magistrate said Sony may subpoena the PayPal account of PlayStation 3 hacker George Hotz, as the gamemaker ratchets up its civil lawsuit against the man who released the first full-fledged PS3 jailbreak in the console’s four-year history.

 

Tuesday’s order came two weeks after Magistrate Joseph Spero in San Francisco granted Sony the right to acquire the internet IP addresses of anybody who had visited Hotz’s website from January of 2009 onward. Sony has also won subpoenas for data from YouTube and Google, as well as Twitter account data linked to Hotz, who goes by the handle GeoHot.

 

Respected for his iPhone hacks and now the PlayStation 3 jailbreak, the 21-year-old New Jersey man is accused of breaching the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other laws after his website published an encryption key and software tools that allow PlayStation owners to gain complete control of their consoles from the firmware on up. Hotz has complied with a court order and removed the hack.

 

The latest development allows the Japanese console maker to acquire “documents sufficientto identify the source of funds (.pdf) in California that went into any PayPal account associated with geohot@gmail.com for the period of January 1, 2009, to February 1, 2011,” Spero ruled.

 

The information sought is part of a jurisdictional argument over whether Sony must sue Hotz in his home state of New Jersey rather than in San Francisco, where Sony would prefer.

 

Regarding the PayPal account, Sony claims Hotz has accepted monetary donations for the hack from people residing in Northern California — an argument that, if true, might make San Francisco a proper venue for the litigation.

 

Hotz denies he accepted donations. Sony, which has threatened to sue anybody who posts the hacking tools or the encryption key, is seeking unspecified damages from Hotz.

 

The DMCA prohibits the trafficking of so-called “circumvention devices” designed to crack copy-protection schemes. The law, however, does not require Sony to prove that Hotz received payment for the hack, which was designed to allow PlayStation 3 owners the ability to run home-brewed software or alternative operating systems like Linux.

 

It builds on a series of earlier jailbreaks that unlocked less-protected levels of the PlayStation’s authentication process. Jailbreaking a console is also a prerequisite to running pirated copies of games

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Sony Fights Back: Sony.com is Live Again; Trying to Get Back Other Sites

After a group of hackers took down Sony.com as well as the PlayStation website, Sony has responded by putting Sony.com back live again as well as continuing their efforts to get back the other affected websites.

 

Sony.com, as you can see, is live again. Sony are also getting their technicians to bring back PlayStation.com; a ping test reveals the site is working but the DDoS attack has taken effect quite hard so it’s struggling to come back online. The news comes after Sony’s main websites were taken offline by an attack from Anonymous – a group who recently declared war with Sony.

 

The news comes after the group said:

 

Congratulations, Sony. You now have now received the undivided attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal action against our follow hackers, Geohot and Graf_Chokolo, has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable.”

 

You have now abused the judicial system in an attempt to censor information on how your products work. You have victimised your own customers merely for possessing and sharing information, and continue to target every person who seeks this information. In doing so you have violated the privacy of thousands. This is the information they were willing to teach the world for free. The very same information you wish to suppress for sake of corporate greed and complete control of the users.

 

Now you will experience the wrath of Anonymous. You saw a hornets nest, and stuck your p*nises in it. You must face the consequences of your actions, Anonymous style.

 

Knowledge is Free. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not Forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.

deja bet nukencia sony konsoliu vartotojai labiausia cia. nice job tik galima pasakyt,arba pradet headhunting. taigi del saitu ir kitu shh darymu tikrai ne sony ten tiesiogei kencia. bet va vartotojai tai kencia tiesiogei. o hackeriai daugiau nieko nesugeba jau padaryt su ps3 nulauzimu kad puola interneta matyt.

labai teisingai vartotoju/geimeriu puse ,bei mano nuomone manau atspindi sis straipsnis

So, this hacker group called Anonymous threatened Sony due to the latter suing Geohot and Graf_Chokolo. They say Sony will have to pay for this insolence. I can’t help but laugh at these childish people with a self entitlement complex who think, they can do anything they want. It’s okay we get it, you don’t like what Sony did but there is a simple recourse to that. Just don’t buy their products. Why in the world do you have to DDOS their websites? It won’t prove anything and probably makes Sony’s case stronger. It’s a very childish thing to do but of course, it’s the internet and we know how bad things can really get.

 

So what exactly is their problem? Sony bullied the hackers? Well, they had it coming when hacking the PS3 and violating Sony’s intellectual property rights. I am not saying what Sony did by removing the Other Os was a right thing to do; it was a terrible move but they have all the right in the world to do it and they did nothing out of the law, by doing so.

 

So, back to this Anonymous group. They recently threatened Sony with consequences because suing Geohot and Graf Chokolo made it ‘personal’ and currently as we speak some Sony websites are down causing inconvenience to legit consumers. Am I the only one that sees how stupid these people are?

 

How can you fight for consumer rights and fuck them over as you do it? It’s not like Geohot and Graf Chokolo are so innocent. As I said earlier they had it coming. By DDos’ing Sony websites, it only sends a message to Sony that will make them lock down the PS3 and future Sony products even more. They aren’t going to drop the case against Geohot just because you bring some websites down.

 

And that’s not it, reports are coming in that many users are also experience problems accessing PSN. Now, how uncool is that? Make the consumer suffer, for whom all these hackers were claiming to be fighting for. And why? Because to prove a point. By carrying out such appalling activities, it only proves that these guys are only here to cause chaos and show how l33t they are, and don’t give a damn about the consumer or their rights.

 

But what can Sony do? They inform us that they’ll be working round the clock to ensure average user’s PSN experience isn’t affected in any way.

 

They informed this via a tweet:

 

PSN currently undergoing sporadic maintenance. Access to the PSN may be interrupted throughout the day. We apologize for any inconvenience.

 

This shows their dedication to the community and how badly they want to offer them unmatched service, even in times such as these.

 

So, Sony’s suing their fellow hackers and hence, the entire Playstation community should suffer? If that’s their mentality, we dare say it’s much worse than Sony’s

 

They are just playing into Sony’s hands, and this makes Sony’s case even stronger. In my opinion, Sony should take all of them head on. It’s about sending a strong message that they will protect their partners, third party publishers and legit consumers.